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VideoSpaceX launches NASA, NOAA missions exploring the impacts of the Sun
The primary payload, NASA’s Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) was joined by two rideshare payloads heading to Lagrange Point 1. Liftoff from pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center occurred at 7:30 a.m. EDT (1130 UTC).
NASA, NOAA prep spacecraft trio to study the Sun and its impacts
NASA’s Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) will be the primary payload on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launching no earlier than Sep. 23. The vehicle is joined by the Carruthers Geocorona Observatory and NOAA’s Space Weather Follow-On - Lagrange 1 (SWFO-L1) observatory.
VideoSpaceX launches final NOAA GOES weather satellite on Falcon Heavy rocket
The geostationary orbital satellite is the fourth and final in the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites-R (GOES-R) series. Liftoff happened at 5:26 p.m. EDT (2126 UTC).
Webb spots vast plume of water vapor spewing from Saturn’s moon Enceladus
Using the sensitivity of the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have managed to detect a vast plume of water vapor spewing from the southern pole of Saturn’s moon Enceladus, a jet extending nearly 6,000 miles and feeding a previously detected torus circling the entire planet.
South Korean orbiter returning spectacular views of lunar landscapes
Nearly halfway through its primary mission, South Korea's first spacecraft to explore the moon has been collecting data and snapping pictures of lunar landscapes and craters since maneuvering into orbit late last year.
NASA’s final two TROPICS CubeSats launched by Rocket Lab
The last two spacecraft in a four-satellite constellation of tropical cyclone research platforms took off late Thursday from New Zealand on a Rocket Lab Electron launcher, helping ensure NASA's TROPICS mission is ready for observations in time for the peak of this year's Atlantic hurricane season.
VideoLive coverage: Rocket Lab launches NASA’s final two TROPICS satellites
NASA's final pair of TROPICS hurricane research satellites lifted off on a Rocket Lab Electron launch vehicle from New Zealand on Thursday night (U.S. time). The two identical shoebox-size spacecraft launched at 11:46 p.m. EDT Thursday (0346 UTC Friday) from Rocket Lab's privately-owned spaceport on Mahia Peninsula in New Zealand.
Jammed radar boom on Jupiter-bound JUICE probe finally freed
After three weeks of intense analysis and troubleshooting, European Space Agency flight controllers have finally succeeded in freeing a jammed boom critical to the Jupiter-bound JUICE probe’s ice-penetrating radar instrument.
NASA’s Lunar Flashlight CubeSat mission ends before entering orbit around moon
NASA's small Lunar Flashlight spacecraft, sent to the moon last year to search for water ice deposits at the lunar south pole, will not be able to complete its science mission after a problem with the probe's propulsion system.
Electron rocket launches pair of cyclone-tracking CubeSats for NASA
The first pair of four NASA CubeSats designed to provide frequent updates of typhoon and hurricane development for new insights into how tropical storms evolve and intensify were launched by Rocket Lab from its New Zealand spaceport on Sunday.